Tag Archives: Google

Torn between two ecosystems

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Jeff

Google impressed at last week’s I/​O con­fer­ence. They demoed Android 2.2, “Froyo”, which is already avail­able for Google’s own Nexus One phone. (It’s com­ing “soon” for carrier-​branded hand­sets like Verizon’s Droid Incred­i­ble and Sprint’s EVO.) They showed mSpot, a new ser­vice … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Microsoft out in the cold again

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Jeff

John Gru­ber has some inter­est­ing thoughts about the odd-​man-​out at Google’s I/​O con­fer­ence this week: The big loser this week, though, was Microsoft. They’re sim­ply not even part of the game. RIM looms large, as Black­Ber­rys con­tinue to reign as the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Exchanging Exchange

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff

My hosted Exchange provider started act­ing weird again recently, and I decided I’d had enough. At the same time, the new Live Mesh client that was sup­posed to improve com­pat­i­bil­ity with Win­dows 7 started caus­ing my net­book to freeze up (solid, no … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pick your ecosystem carefully

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Jeff

There are shap­ing up to be four big ecosys­tems in com­put­ing. As all four diver­sify into the cat­e­gories below, I’m notic­ing that a lot of users are stan­dard­iz­ing on using every­thing from a sin­gle ven­dor, a silo­ing of the mar­ket rather than embrac­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Google Android kill switch no big deal?

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Jeff

As you may have heard, Google has a “kill switch” fea­ture in Android that allows them to remotely remove soft­ware they deem mali­cious from Android-​based cell phones. While some poten­tial end users are up in arms about this fea­ture, the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Well, that was quick…

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jeff

Looks like the hon­ey­moon is already over for Chrome. After its launch to a frenzy of news cov­er­age Chrome peaked with a 3.1% share of the browser mar­ket. Since then it’s been a steady decline, down to just over 1.5%. And it looks … Con­tinue read­ing →

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